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    Impact of social media on the lifestyle of rural youth
    (CCSHAU, Hisar, 2023-05) Priyanka Rani; Tyagi, Rashmi
    Rural youth frequently engage in multifaceted activities and technology through the use of numerous social media platforms. Social media has different effects on young people's lives on both ends; the benefits of social media for today's youth include keeping them informed of global events and allowing them to network and stay in touch with friends. And other times these effects are bad for the user including suicide, anxiety, depression, physical, emotional, mental, and psychological problems, as well as a lack of confidence. Therefore, the present study was undertaken to access the nature and extent of use of social media and its impact on well-being and lifestyle of rural youth. The study was conducted in rural area of 2 cultural zones of Haryana state. Further, two villages namely Newal and Kunjpura from Karnal district and Khedar and Bhaini Badshahpur from Hisar district were taken randomly. A sample of 180 rural youth was selected randomly from rural areas of each district to make a total sample of 360 rural youths. Results of overall general well-being portray that majority of the respondents (>70%) showed high level of general well-being in aspects like cultural and religious wellbeing, active life-style, positivity, family relation and environmental adjustment. Results depict that majority of the respondents had medium level of life-style in aspects i.e. health conscious, family and academic oriented. The majority of respondents used WhatsApp and YouTube, which ranked first and second in the results for use of various social networking sites, respectively. Majority of respondents (>90%) had knowledge of social media. Results elucidated that socio-economic variables such as age, sex, marital status, education, land holding, annual income occupation were found significantly associated with adoption of social media. Results regarding impact of social media on health indicated that majority of the respondents considered ill effect of social media on health. Aspects of mental health such as distraction and stress got 1st and 2nd rank respectively in terms of effect of social media. With regards to impact of social media on physical health the findings elucidated that laziness and eye pain were placed 1st and 2nd rank respectively.
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    Problems of rural and urban working women – a sociological comparative study
    (CCSHAU, 2018) Priyanka Rani; Tyagi, Rashmi
    Though a number of constitutional amendments were made for women’s social, economic and political benefits but still it did not bring any radical change in their situation. The outdated family structure, patriarchal ideology of the home being a women’s ‘real domain’ and marriage being ultimate destiny has not changed much. In India working woman faces so many problems associated with her time allocation while engaging outside in income earning activities. It may be health related or physical, psychological, social and family problems etc. The present study was conducted in Hiasr-II block of Hisar district on 120 women working in government and private sectors with the aim to explore their problems. The results concluded that majority of the respondents were in 31-50 years of age belonged to general caste and nuclear families and were in government jobs. Majority of the respondents were disagreed on the statements that workplace environment was not very pleasant and safe, however majority of rural respondents also reported inappropriate work environment with lack of power-supply and heat/cold facilities. Suitable accommodation; transfer and limited participation in social network were the major social problems of rural respondents. Results highlighted that personal factors such as respondents’ education, material possession and social participation were significantly associated with social problems of respondents of both areas. Majority of the working women had to walk a long distance to the place of work. They used to travel by bus to reach the office which resulted tiredness. Severe headache, high incidence of anxiety and sleep disturbance were the psychological problems faced by rural and urban respondents. Further results revealed that non-availability of servant, overloaded work at home and role conflict were the major domestic problems felt by rural respondents. Rural working women also faced economic problems due to no other source of income and their income was entirely controlled by their family members. Factors such as respondents’ age, education, material possession and social participation were significantly associated with domestic problems among rural respondents. Regarding child care management results revealed that half of the respondents managed care of children by family members during office hours. A good percentage of working women managed child care at aganwadi, day care center and crèche etc. Majority of the respondents were satisfied by child care management.